Training Manual 102011.pdf - Accessible Media, Web and

127 Pages·2011·2.57 MB·English

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High Tech Center Training Unit
21050 McClellan Rd. Cupertino, CA 95014
www.htctu.net

Foothill – De Anza Community College District
California Community Colleges
An Overview of Math Accommodations
10:00 A.M. Introduction and Expectations
PowerPoint: Overview

11:45 A.M. Lunch

1:00 P.M. Manipulatives
* Geometry
Protractor, rulers, raised line drawing kit
* Algebra
Magnet boards

Additional options for Braille readers
* Cubarithm board
* Math Window

Counting
* Chisenbop
* Abacus

2:00 P.M. Break

2:15 P.M. Calculators
*Orion
*AGC
*MathTrax

3:30 p.m. PIAF and Scientific Notebook
* Creating graphs & Exporting to tactile graphics
* Creating matrices

4:00 P.M. Q&A Evaluations

4:30 P.M. End

http://www.htctu.net rev. 10/27/2011
Day Two
9:00 A.M. Introductions and Expectatoins
Overview of Access Technologies
Intro to Math ML

10:15 A.M. Break

10:30 A.M. Math Type
* Creating Equations using MathType

MathPlayer

MathDAISY

MathTalk: http://www.mathtalk.com/demos.htm

11:45 A.M. Lunch

1:00 P.M LaTeX
* Creating and Reading Equations with LaTeX
* Exporting LaTeX equations
* Creating equations in MathType
* Creating equations in Scientific Notebook and saving as TeX

Scientific Notebook
* Entering equations

2:30 P.M. Break

2:45 P.M. Workflow: Book to E-text with math
Infty & Chatty Infty

3:30 P.M. R-Project for Statistics vs. SPSS with JAWS script

4:00 P.M. END

Objectives
Participants will be able to do the following:
• understand the complexity of creating math access
• understand and use a wide range of manipulatives
• use finger counting
• know when to recommend Nemeth or DotsPlus for Braille users
• understand how to create Nemeth and DotsPlus Braille
• understand how to create and use Math ML
• create e-text with math equation software
http://www.htctu.net rev. 10/27/2011
• be familiar with computer programs designed to support math access
http://www.htctu.net rev. 10/27/2011
Math Accommodations
Issues
 Accessing books/problem sets
 Doing homework/tests
 Getting information in class
Tips for Deaf and Hard
of Hearing Students
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Suggestions for
Instructors
 Face the students
– Do not talk facing the board
 Repeat student questions
– The deaf student may not have been looking at the
questioner
 Make sure you can be seen clearly
– Do not stand and talk in front of a bright window
 Use gestures
– Pointing to what you’re talking about is helpful
 Build in pauses
– Deaf students do a lot of multi-tasking, allow some pauses
Tips for Students with
Upper Limb Impairments
Software
 Math equation programs allow
keyboard entry
–Scientific Notebook
–MathType (plug-in for Word)
 MathTalk allows voice entry
–Requires MathTalk, Dragon
NaturallySpeaking and Scientific
Notebook (all three!)
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Books
 Scan to PDF
 Read on-screen
 Foot pedal mouse
 Use Dragon to advance pages onscreen
 Remove spine and rebind to lay flat
 Use hardware page-turning systems
Tips for LD Students
Verbalize
 Instructor side
–Concrete, specific descriptions
–Verbalize equations and operations
 Student side
–Verbalize the process
–Have students explain patterns they see
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Strategies
 Spread one semester courses over two
 Teach strategies, not just algorithms
 Tactile graphs
 Manipulatives
 Color highlighting
 Draw pictures
Self-help
 Work in quiet without clutter
 Videotape students studying
–Students may be totally unaware of what
they are doing while studying—
videotaping provides feedback
Word Problems
 Learn key words
–“and,” “sum,” “increased” mean add
–“take away,” “difference,” “less” mean subtract
–“of,” “times” means multiply
–“per,” “out of,” “ratio of,” “quotient” mean
divide
 Highlight what is important
–Look for key words
 List information
 Draw pictures
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Auditory Math
 Math books in MathML
–Create in MathType or Scientific Notebook
 MathPlayer reads and highlights
–Free download from Design Science
–http://www.dessci.com/
 Read&Write Gold, Dolphin Tutor, and WYNN
work with MathPlayer
–Kurzweil only works from the Web interface.
Online Help
 ModuMath Tutorials
–Video tutorials for basic math and algebra
–http://www.modumath.org/
 ALEKS
–Assessment and learning
–http://www.aleks.com/highered/math/
 Khan Academy (videos)
–http://www.khanacademy.org/
MuchoMath
 Professor Larry Perez at
Saddleback College
–[email protected]
 You Tube math videos
–www.saddleback.edu/faculty/lperez/
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Learning Styles for Math
 Christine Tunstall at Mt. SAC
–Instructional Specialist in ABI
 Resources to help students learn how
to learn math
 http://elearn.mtsac.edu/ctunstall/dsps
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Tips for Low Vision
Students
Software for Writing
Math
 Keyboard entry
–Scientific Notebook
–MathType
Equations can be enlarged
 Voices what is written
–Chatty Infty
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